Founder/Editorial Director

Dinah Kolka

Dinah Kolka is a graduate of Edinburgh Napier University with a BA(Hons) in English Literature. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Salisbury Review and The Mallard. She has a keen interest in modernism. Her key vision is to rejuvenate cultural endeavours on the local and national scale, and she strongly believes in supporting other people in succeeding in creative industries. Read her work here.

Editor-in-Chief

Amory Crane

Amory Crane is Editor-in-Chief at Decadent Serpent. He covers such topics as Art, Literature, and the more broadly Cultural, reporting straight from the chamber of what Shelley once called the ‘unacknowledged legislators of the world’. You can follow him @LaughingCav1 on X or on Substack. He also writes fiction.

Chief Ideas & Culture Columnist

Giulia Prodiguerra

I grew up in the Italian countryside surrounded by art thanks to my family, who exposed me to books, comics and cinema from a very early age. There wasn’t that much to do on rainy days and I filled my hours picking from the bookshelves or playing videogames, which have become a stable part of my hobbies and shaped my interests growing up. I have been working as staff member at Lucca Comics & Games since 2006. After obtaining a Master’s Degree in English Translation, I moved to Scotland in 2016 where I kept pursuing writing (mainly self-published). Read her work here.

Chief Arts Columnist

Sam Wild

Sam Wild is an artist specialising in painting and printmaking, creating representational narrative and symbolic artworks that people have described as ‘evocative’ and ‘mercurial’. Studying art for over 16 years, he attended Manchester School of Art studying Printmaking and later completed his Masters at the Cambridge School of Art in Illustration. He has exhibited in London and Manchester and is an experienced editorial illustrator, creating a long run of covers for The Mallard magazine. He was recently shown at The Exhibition show in Fitzrovia, London, and is now the art columnist at Decadent Serpent magazine. Read his work here.

Chief History Columnist

Gavin Duffy

Gavin Duffy graduated from Strathclyde University with an MSc in Historical Studies and has had a general thirst for knowledge from a very young age. His main passion turned towards history which led him to his degree and also his work in museums such as the David Livingstone Birthplace. He has a wide range of interests both academic and non-academic and has a strong belief in exploring the fullness of life and the world. Read his work here.

Chief Film Columnist

Tyler Hummel

Tyler Hummel is a Wisconsin-based freelance critic and journalist, a member of the Music City Film Critics Association, a regular film and literature contributor at Geeks Under Grace, and was the 2021 College Fix Fellow at Main Street Nashville. You can read his work here.

Chief Music Columnist – England

Adam Gorecki

Adam Gorecki is a London-based writer, maker and photographer with a broad love for anything that catches his curiosity, particularly music. After graduating with a Level 4 Diploma in Copywriting from The College of Media and Publishing, he sees music as a complex social study and is fascinated by the concept of how brilliant ideas can be brought to life. He has a critical eye for great storytelling, and thrives in exploring the philosophical side behind an artist’s intentions and what can ignite a spark that lasts for generations. Read his work here.

Chief Music Columnist – Scotland

George Marsden

George Marsden is a graduate of Glasgow University, where he read English and Classics. His writing has appeared in IM-1776, The Mallard, and Sublation Magazine, among other outlets. As song writing is the only form of modern poetic expression with a mass audience, George thinks it merits special critical attention. He also aims to counter the nefarious influence that Oasis have had on British culture. Read his work here.

Film Columnist

Jack Salvadori

Jack Salvadori is an Italian-born, London-based film critic, columnist, and filmmaker. With award-winning short films showcased at over 60 international festivals, he’s now developing both, a feature film and a theatre play. A familiar face at Cannes, Venice, and London Film Festivals, Jack spends most of his time at the BFI, watching everything from old classics to niche gems. He lives in London with his cactus. Read his work here.